| AdminHistory | Not all industrial developments in Livingston were given factory project numbers, especially if a client moved to Livingston after the factory had been built (was the factory's second tenant for example). This series represents general industrial projects within Livingston. There were a variety of industrial and commercial tenants within Livingston. As the Corporation rarely sold land outright to industrial enterprises, but instead leased the land, a relationship between the Corporation and a client could last decades - with various requests for modifications to premises over the years. |
| ScopeandContent | 55 files comprising technical administration, engineering and architects files.
Engineering files generally relate to the installation of services, such as sewers, manholes, gas, electricity and structural information on buldings. They can also include correspondence with statutory authorities (such as Lothian Regional Council, which was responsible for sewers); papers on costs and materials (quantity surveying); copies of architects instructions, certificates of completions; maps/plans; invoices and other financial documentation and any other papers as necessary.
For the building of projects overseen by the Corporation, Architects files include architects instructions, which comprise specifications and briefs for work to be done and materials to be used; correspondence and minutes of meetings with contractors relating to the work they have been employed for; copies of invoices, contracts, certificates of completion and other financial papers; extracts of board minutes (relating to policy and approvals); internal memoranda on the project; maps and plans relating to area of work and any other papers as necessary.
Administration files include: correspondence with contractors regarding the tendering process for specific jobs; Board papers and extracts of Board minutes approving expenditure on factory projects; and other administrative papers such as the provision of insurance documents and financial information.
In this particular series the technical administrative files also include correspondence with tenants regarding their requirements, such as the expansion of premises and new facilities, landscaping requirements, and issues they were having with the building - e.g. faulty heating units, leaking pipes and so on. In some instances copies of maps/plans and building warrant drawings are included. |